Women found unprecedented opportunities in aviation during the late 1920s and 1930s. According to aviation historian Joseph Corn, many female fliers preferred fashionable clothing to flight suits. Others, such as Amelia Earhart, “designed female sports and flying clothes, costumes which blurred the distinction between ground and sky and rendered the latter more accessible psychologically.” The removable hood on this enables the wearer to transition from plane to country club, while vertical darts around the waist create a slightly fitted silhouette.

Object Number: P94.9.1

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Avenue at 27 Street
New York City 10001-5992